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Angry

/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/

Displaying or feeling anger.

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📖 Definitions of "Angry"

adjective

1
Displaying or feeling anger.
"An angry mob started looting the warehouse."
2
(said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
"The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm."
3
(said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.
"Angry clouds raced across the sky."

🔄 Synonyms of "Angry"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
indignant	Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.
wildnoun	Untamed; not domesticated.
livid	(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.
irate	Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
aggravated	Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
incensed	Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry.
umbrageous	Having or providing shade; shady.
blacknoun	(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
ireful	Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it; full of ire; angry; wroth.
irascible	Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
tempestuous	(figurative) Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.
cholericnoun	(by extension) Of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged.
sorenoun	Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
enraged	Angered, made furious, made full of rage.
madverb	(chiefly US; informal in UK and Ireland) Angry, annoyed.
provoked	incited, especially deliberately, to anger
smolderingnoun	US standard spelling of smouldering. [(sometimes figuratively) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.]
maddened	marked by extreme anger
furious	Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
unhealthy	characterized by, or conducive to poor health
ragingnoun	(of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.
infuriated	Extremely angry; furious.
wroth	(formal, archaic) Full of anger; wrathful.
angered	Having been made angry.
wrothful	Alternative form of wrathful. [Possessed of great wrath; very angry.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Angry"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
irate	Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
infuriated	Extremely angry; furious.
choleric	(by extension) Of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged.
enraged	Angered, made furious, made full of rage.
angeredverb	Having been made angry.
wroth	(formal, archaic) Full of anger; wrathful.
ireful	Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it; full of ire; angry; wroth.
wrathful	Possessed of great wrath; very angry.
furious	Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
incensedverb	Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry.
hot under the collar	(idiomatic, of a person) Angry; agitated.
wrothful	Alternative form of wrathful. [Possessed of great wrath; very angry.]
irascible	Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
ragingverb	(of a person) In a state of rage; in a state of extreme, often uncontrollable, anger.
lividnoun	(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.
indignant	Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.
aggravatedverb	Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
huffynoun	(informal) Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated.
tempestuous	(figurative) Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.
sore	Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.